Thomas Begbie (1862-1896) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] His regular playing position was Fullback.
| Birth name | Thomas Allan Begbie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 August 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dirleton, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 February 1896 (aged 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
Begbie played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[2][3]
In 1881 Begbie moved to play for Glasgow Academicals.[4]
That same year Begbie went back to playing for Edinburgh Wanderers.[5]
In 1884 Begbie was playing for Merchistonians.[6]
Provincial career edit
Begbie played for Edinburgh District in the 1880 inter-city match against Glasgow District.[7] He scored a try and conversion in the match.
Begbie played for East of Scotland District in the February 1881 match against West of Scotland District.[8]
International career edit
Business career edit
Begbie became a merchant; and was named as such on his death in the probate calendar of 1896. His estate was valued at £7259, 0 shillings, and 5 pence.[10]
Family edit
Begbie's parents were Thomas Begbie (1816-1878) and Christina Stodart Aitchison (1824-1864). He had two brothers: George Begbie (1857-1888) and John Aitchison Begbie (1859-1907). He married Hetty; she re-married, after Thomas's death in 1896 in Hampstead, to George Theodore Born of London on 11 June 1898.[11]
John Aitchison Begbie also played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Thomas Allan Begbie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Thomas Begbie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Register". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.